Azaria & Hendekea

Azaria & Hendekea
Team Profile
Hometown:	New Orleans, Louisiana
Relation:	Brother/Sister
Occupation:	Facilities Engineer Aerospace Engineer
Legs Competed:	6
Placement:	6th

Azaria Azene and Hendekea Azene are a Brother/Sister team on The Amazing Race 12.

Profile

This brother-sister Team has all the intelligence, wits and skills to win the Race, although their personality differences could be the X factor. She describes him as confrontational and emotional, while he describes her as irrational. Both are worried that the big brother/little sister power struggle will rear its ugly head during the Race.

Azaria lives in New Orleans where he works as a facilities engineer for offshore platforms. He enjoys playing sports, poker and building things. Azaria claims that the biggest difference between the two is he doesn't shy away from strenuous labor, while she is quite dainty. Hendekea moved to California several years ago and currently works as an aerospace engineer. She claims that he picked on her in high school, but now believes it was more of "a love/hate relationship." She describes herself as intelligent and honest.

These siblings just might have what it takes to carry them across the finish line, but they'll need to work together in order to reach that line.

The Amazing Race 12

Race History

Azaria & Hendekea's Race History
Episode	Leg	Destination(s)	Detour Choice (underlined)	Roadblock Performer	Placement	Notes
1	1	United States → Ireland	No Detour	Azaria	1 of 11
2	2	Ireland → The Netherlands	Hoist It / Hunt It	Hendekea	5 of 10
3	3	The Netherlands → Burkina Faso	Teach It / Learn It	Azaria	1 of 9
4	4	Burkina Faso	Shake Your Pan / Shake Your Booty	Azaria	1 of 8
5	5	Burkina Faso → Lithuania	Count Down / Step Up	Hendekea	4 of 7
6	6	Lithuania → Croatia	Short & Long / Long & Short	Azaria	6 of 6
				Average	3.00
Legend:      The team finished in first place      The team finished in last place and was eliminated from the race      The team finished in last place in a non-elimination leg      The team that won The Amazing Race      The team that crossed the Finish Line second      The team that crossed the Finish Line third ⊂ The team used the U-Turn ⊃ Recipient of the U-Turn

Post-Race Life

• In the Unfinished Business premiere, it was revealed that Azaria was engaged to fellow Season 12 racer Christina.
  • They got married in March 2011 and have since had had a child together.

Trivia

• Azaria & Hendekea are the first team to be eliminated in Croatia.
• Highest Average of all teams in Season 12, 3.00.
• Lowest placing team to have the highest average of all teams in their season, 6th Place.

External links

Interviews

• Jed Dreben at People.com (12/10/2007): "Azaria & Hendekea's 'Amazing' Mistake"
• Christopher Roochio at Reality TV World (12/10/2007): "Interview: The Amazing Race's Azaria and Hendekea Azene dish"
• Oscar Dahl at BuddyTV (12/10/2007): "Exclusive Interview: Azaria and Hendekea, From The Amazing Race"
• Derrik J. Lang at AP (12/101/2007): "Siblings eliminated on Amazing Race"
• Mark at Reality Wanted (12/12/2007): "Interview with Azaria and Hendekea of The Amazing Race 12"
• Rochell D. Thomas at TV Guide (12/13/2007): "Forbidden Ticket Landed Them Off the Map"
• Teeuwynn Woodruff at RealityNewsOnline (12/13/2007): "That was the Leg Where it All Fell Apart"
• Eric Goldman at IGN.com (12/20/2007): "Amazing Race Interview - TK & Rachel"

Social Media Profiles

• Azaria's Facebook: /azaria.azene

• Hendekea's Facebook: /hmazene